--- title: Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf | daily.dev description: Buf CLI, along with the protoc-gen-buf-breaking and protoc-gen-buf-lint plugins, is now available as native binaries for Windows starting from version v0.54.1.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf | daily.dev og:description: Buf CLI, along with the protoc-gen-buf-breaking and protoc-gen-buf-lint plugins, is now available as native binaries for Windows starting from version v0.54.1.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wMERh2Hi9.png og:image:alt: Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf **[Buf Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/buf)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Buf CLI, along with the protoc-gen-buf-breaking and protoc-gen-buf-lint plugins, is now available as native binaries for Windows starting from version v0.54.1. Binaries support both x86_64 and arm64 architectures and can be downloaded and added to the PATH to use Buf on Windows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is the Buf CLI available for Windows now? Yes, native Windows binaries for buf, protoc-gen-buf-breaking, and protoc-gen-buf-lint are available starting from version v0.54.1. Binaries support both x86_64 and arm64 architectures. To use them, download the appropriate binary for your architecture and add it to your PATH. _daily.dev helps developers track tooling releases like Buf's Windows support as they roll out._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The modern Protobuf workflow · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-protobuf-workflow-buf-c2m7gywhe) · Buf Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Protobuf, JSON Schema, and OpenAPI · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/protobuf-json-schema-and-openapi-buf-00wgyenfv) · Buf Blog · 7 upvotes · 0 comments - [Protobuf-ES just got a lot faster · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/protobuf-es-just-got-a-lot-faster-buf-rcovndatq) · Buf Blog · 18 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:20:09.326Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:20:55.664Z","description":"Buf CLI, along with the protoc-gen-buf-breaking and protoc-gen-buf-lint plugins, is now available as native binaries for Windows starting from version v0.54.1....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3ffb540f7a359f1eb846a57e5241e902?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3ffb540f7a359f1eb846a57e5241e902?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Buf Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Buf Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2YBgo_Nm--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787469605/logos/buf?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/buf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"backend,windows,grpc","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Buf Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/buf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Buf CLI Now Available for Windows! · Buf"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/buf-cli-now-available-for-windows-buf-wmerh2hi9#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the Buf CLI available for Windows now?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, native Windows binaries for buf, protoc-gen-buf-breaking, and protoc-gen-buf-lint are available starting from version v0.54.1. 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